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Lat. The nearest of kin to a deceased person. Propinquior excludit propinquum; propinquus remotum; et remotus remo tiorem. Co. Litt 10. He who is nearer excludes him who is near; he who Is near, him who is remote; he who is remote, him who is remoter. … [Read more...] about PROPINQUI ET CONSANGUINEL

In its strict sense, this word signifies one who is master of his actions, and who has the free disposition of his property. During the colonial government of Pennsylvania, William Penn was called the proprietary. 2. The domain which William Penn and his family had in the state, was, during the Revolutionary war, divested by the act of June 28, 1779, from that family and vested … [Read more...] about PROPRIETARY

Kindred; parentage. Vide. Affinity; Consanguinity; Next of kin. … [Read more...] about PROPINQUITY

adj. Relating or pertaining to ownership, belonging or pertaining to a single individual owner. Proprietary articles. Goods manufactured under some exclusive individual right to make and sell them. The term is chiefly used in the internal revenue laws of the United States. See Ferguson v. Arthur, 117 U. S. 482, 6 Sup. Ct. 861, 2d L. Ed. 979; In re Gourd (C. C.) 49 Fed. 729. … [Read more...] about PROPRIETARY (ADJ)

Lat. In the civil law. The son or daughter of a great-uncle or great-aunt paternal or maternal. Inst. 3, 6, 3. … [Read more...] about PROPIOR SOBRINO, PROPIOR SOBRINA.